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Happiness Measures

Characteristics

Code:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ac
Focus:
Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole (O-SLW)
Time frame:
currently (today, these days, presently) (c)
Mode:
1 question (sq)
Scale Type:
numeric scale (n)
Scale Range:
11

Description

Self report on single question:

Life has its pluses and minuses, how do these balance in your life? Taking all together, how would you say you are with your life as a whole these days?
10 satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 dissatisfied

List of Studies Using this Measure

Study Population N Mean
Standard Deviation
Kainulainen et al. (2018): study FI 2012 20-64 aged, Finland, 2016 N = 1890
Mean
= 8.150
SD
= 1.330